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    So Many Trains So Much Coal

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    This is it!

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    DC Wiring

    Great Timing. Yup, this one's a keeper for the vault. I've just laid out my N scale transistion era 32" x 96" double oval with crossover. One loop is the mountain line the other a prairie line. I need to isolate/power the passing tracks, an industry line, a mine spur, a passenger station...
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    Experimenting with Windows Moviemaker

    Like a video pinup for some of us! ;)
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    HELP!!!! Layout plan!

    There are 9287 permutations and combinations of the words N-Scale-Track-Plan-Free. Im a great one to suggest anything about planning, cuz I'm still in the delusions of grandiosity stage. I get lotssa inspiration by examining photos of layouts of all sizes. I think my plan is similar to 65gasser...
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    Woohoo! Finally laying track!

    Did I miss something What are red wires for? I assume the toggles are a manual method to move turnouts-right?
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    Do you see DCC for me

    I have ‘fairly good’ transformer. My engines run well. They start and they stop. Some whine like a Tasmanian Devil, some purr, some don’t. Does any of that have anything to do with the mania over DCC? I don’t even have an operating line yet and I’m worrying my little head about DCC! It seems...
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    Hey guys

    Oh man that’s a rough row for anyone to hoe, but, you know that every pair of eyes that wanders The Gauge and the hearts that long for the perfect layout are all genuinely concerned about you. It’s all about staying stress free, being happy with life and maintaining confidence in your abilities...
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    Tip for using meter/yard stick for creating curves?

    Ah tay ya'll wut I done! I got a couple 4 foot shelf brackets - the ones that you find inside bookcases, flat about 1/2 to 3/4 wide with notches all the way up. I measured the diameter of various pails and buckets and bent one of the brackets to conform to a pail with a diameter close to what I...
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    A Scratchbuilt store

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    Window Openings

    That will work! I've watched Norm use those mortising tools for years and I've used leather punches stamps and dies, so I feel like - DUH.
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    Window Openings

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    This site is AW SUM!!

    Finally, a site where members talk about things other than superdetailing grab irons on an N scale AT&SF 40 foot double drop swivel deck crane cradle (with sand boxes) ! Whoo-Hoo, me are happy!!! Goin' over to the scratchin' bar now, need hints on cutting window openings so they don't look like...